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Certification

I am an RStudio Certified Instructor in the tidyverse (see certificate).


Other Training

As part of my doctoral training, I am currently pursuing a 5-course Data Science Specialization taught entirely in R, focused on reproducible analysis, data visualization, functional programming, and machine learning within a tidyverse framework.


Programming Skills

R & R Markdown
Git & Github
Bash
MATLAB
HTML/CSS


Philosophy

I am a strong advocate for open science and open-source data science software. I particularly enjoy helping others learn data science skills, and I value kindness and inclusivity above all else in my teaching.


More info

See full CV at bcullen.rbind.io/cv for more complete list of positions and peer-reviewed publications.


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Brendan Cullen

I am a PhD student and NSF Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon. My research focuses on predicting real-world health behaviors and health outcomes in an effort to advance a precision medicine framework for behavioral health. As an aspiring data scientist, my goal is to develop open-source statistical software to support health and wellness.

Education

PhD Student, Psychology

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

2022 - 2017

MS, Psychology

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

2019 - 2017

BA, Neuroscience

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT

2015 - 2011

Selected Positions

Lab Instructor

PSY 611: Data Analysis I, PSY 612: Data Analysis II,
PSY 302: Statistical Methods in Psychology

University of Oregon

2020 - 2019

  • Designed and taught lab sections for undergraduate and graduate-level statistics classes in R and jamovi (see materials here).

Graduate Employee

Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab

University of Oregon

2018 - 2017

  • Created and maintained automated workflow for daily backup of fMRI data via a high performance computing cluster

Research Assistant

Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Lab &
Embodied Neuroscience Lab

Brown University

2017 - 2015

  • Cleaned, scored and 20+ self-report measures of mindfulness and mental health
  • Designed custom software in MATLAB to implement novel EEG/EMG paradigm for measuring neural correlates of tactile acuity and precision grip strength

Selected Workshops Taught

UO Psych R Bootcamp

Department of Psychology

University of Oregon

2020

  • 3-day introductory bootcamp covering basics of R, R Markdown and transforming and visualizing data with the tidyverse. ~45 attendees including current and incoming grad students, undergrads, research staff and tenure-track faculty.

Introduction to Git and Github

Psychology First Year Research Seminar

University of Oregon

2020

  • Introductory workshop for ~20 first-year psychology PhD and Master’s students on basics of using Git and Github for version control

Selected Service

Co-organizer

Cascadia R Conf 2020

Eugene, OR

2020

  • Updated website, designed new hex sticker, secured additional sponsors